Nasica
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See also: nasica
Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin nāsīca (“large-nosed person”), from nasus (“nose”) + -ica (“-ic: forming adjectives”).
Proper noun[edit]
Nasica f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Furnariidae.
References[edit]
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From nāsīca (“large-nosed person”)
Proper noun[edit]
Nāsīca f sg (genitive Nāsīcae); first declension
- a cognomen of the Cornelii Scipiones of the gens Cornelia
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Nāsīca |
Genitive | Nāsīcae |
Dative | Nāsīcae |
Accusative | Nāsīcam |
Ablative | Nāsīcā |
Vocative | Nāsīca |
See also[edit]
- Scipio Nasica on the English Wikipedia
References[edit]
- George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 109.
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